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It was an exciting night for the Iowa State basketball team Saturday as they won the Big 12 Championship game against the No. 1 ranked team in the world in the Houston Cougars, 69-41. While the Cyclones are the No. 7 ranked team in the country, it is still an upset that not many saw […]

The top-ranked Houston Cougars basketball team was not projected as a number one seed according to many pundits despite their 30-3 record heading into Saturday’s action. Coach Kelvin Sampson’s Cougars dropped their Big 12 Tournament matchup to the Iowa State Cyclones leading to a warning shot that was fired by Sampson. The 2024 Phillips 66 […]

On Saturday night the #1-ranked Houston Cougars barely escaped with a win at Oklahoma thanks to a last-second Jamal Shead baseline jumper, but even after coming away with the victory, the Cougars didn’t make it through the weekend unscathed. “Houston freshman JoJo Tugler broke a bone in his right foot and will miss the remainder […]

No. 1 ranked Houston basketball continued their winning ways on Saturday night, beating the Oklahoma Sooners at the buzzer thanks to a Jamal Shead game-winner with just seconds left. Shead actually missed a lay-up but managed to collect his own rebound and drain a short jumper. Head coach Kelvin Sampson said the plan was to […]

The Houston basketball team is 24-3 and No. 2 in the nation as they look to earn a top seed in the NCAA Tournament. However, Kelvin Sampson’s team just suffered a crushing injury to Ramon Walker as he recently suffered a torn lateral meniscus and is out for the season. After the news came, Sampson […]

The Houston basketball team is currently ranked #3 in the country and they are on pace to be a one seed in the NCAA Tournament. The Cougars are currently 22-3 overall and 9-3 in Big 12 conference play after a blowout win over Texas basketball on Saturday. Houston did not let the Longhorns hang around […]

Houston basketball head coach Kelvin Sampson made a business decision, so to speak, after the Cougars took down the Oklahoma State Cowboys at home Tuesday night. Sampson refused to speak any further about the officiating in the game when asked for his thoughts on it and his ejection in the second half. “I have no […]

Houston basketball head coach Kelvin Sampson did not hold back in voicing out his displeasure over what he felt was a missed call in the second half of Tuesday night’s game against the Oklahoma State Cowboys. Sampson walked from the Houston bench and all the way to the other side of the court to viciously […]

Houston basketball coach Kelvin Sampson is angry following his team’s disappointing 78-65 loss to Kansas on Saturday. Sampson feels his team’s performance was so bad, just about anyone could have beaten them on that day. “A blindfolded person would do better than we did,” Sampson said, per ESPN. “The day was all about the Kansas […]

Texas basketball coach Rodney Terry caught a lot of attention for his comments on the UCF basketball players doing horns down hand signals after an upset win over the Longhorns, and Houston basketball coach Kelvin Sampson gave his take on the matter. “In an indirect way the University of Texas should actually take is as […]

The Houston basketball team suffered a crushing loss to Iowa State on an upset-filled Tuesday night, the same night top-ranked Purdue fell to Nebraska. The Iowa State Cyclones defeated Houston in Ames, 57-53. After Jamal Shead tied the game with 56 seconds left, Milam Momcilovic hit a jumper and a pair of free throws to […]

Houston basketball got a tough blow to the gut Saturday when the team announced star guard Terrance Arceneaux suffered a torn Achilles in a game against Texas A&M. Arceneaux is likely out for the year, per ESPN. Houston coach Kelvin Sampson didn’t mince words when describing his sadness over the injury. “When the game was […]

Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks are in the midst of an exhaustive search for the team’s next head coach. This is after the organization recently decided to part ways with two-time NBA Coach of the Year winner Mike Budenholzer following Milwaukee’s embarrassing NBA Playoffs first-round exit at the hands of the Miami Heat. There […]

Houston basketball came into this season with high expectations after deep runs in back-to-back years in the NCAA Tournament and needless to say, they’ve lived up to the hype so far. The Cougars are a perfect 6-0 and on Monday, they were named the new #1 team in the nation in AP’s Top 25 rankings. […]

The Houston Cougars are riding high in the spirit of March Madness after their upset win over powerhouse Arizona in the Sweet 16. Houston Cougars head coach Kelvin Sampson spoke candidly on how they prepared for their top-seeded opponent – and what their strategy harped on versus the teams the Wildcats previously dispatched. Via ESPN: […]

In the true spirit of March Madness, the Houston Cougars pulled off a strong upset over the top-seeded Arizona Wildcats on Thursday night. The Houston Cougars led from the jump and never looked back, completing a wire-to-wire win over one of the favorites to win the entire NCAA tournament. They never ran away with an […]

The Houston Cougars stamped their ticket to the Sweet 16 in convincing fashion on Sunday, as they took care of business with a 68-53 round of 32 win against the No. 4 ranked Illinois Fighting Illini in the NCAA Tournament South region. As was the case in its first-round win over UAB, Houston needed to […]

The Houston Cougars have made it to the Final Four and that is, in no small part, thanks to head coach Kelvin Sampson. In turn, this post will be about Kelvin Sampson’s net worth in 2021. Sampson has had a long career as an NCAA head coach and he’s continually made a name for himself […]

The year started with Gonzaga and Baylor side-by-side in the Associated Press Top 25, and it stayed that way for most of the season. Now, as the Final Four approaches, Gonzaga and Baylor are two of the four remaining teams and are the heavy favorites to meet in the National Championship. The headlines and the […]

Houston basketball coach Kelvin Sampson joined us on the Marching to Madness podcast to discuss expectations for the Cougars heading into the 2019-20 season. Some of the topics Sampson discussed included: Evaluating the toughness of recruits that they try to bring into the program How the Cougars will try to replace Armoni Brooks and three […]

After leading the Houston Cougars to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2010, head coach Kelvin Sampson could be making the jump to the NBA to coach the Orlando Magic. According to the Orlando Sentinel, the Magic may have some interest in Sampson, to replace Frank Vogel who was fired after last season. […]